Isaac noah



(No-Model.)

1.1101111. NBGKTIE SHIELD.

No. 519,268. Patented May 1, 1894.

\ Attorney UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC NoAE, oE NEW YORK,` N. Y.

NECKTlE-SHIELD..

SPECIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,268, dated May 1, 1894. l Application filed December 30,1893.` Serial No. 495,242. (Nomodel i To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC NoAR, "a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shields and Loopsfor Neck-Wear; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, andexact-description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference`marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a rear elevation of the invention and Fig. 2is a similar view of same varied as to form.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements inshields and loops for neckwear, and is designed to provide a simple andefficient shield made from a single piece of wire and having a loopsecured thereto in an improved manner; and the invention consists in thenovel construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the manufacture of my improved shield, I take a piece of flexiblewire of the proper 3o length and size, and bend `it into the usualoutline of devices of this character, having the base a, and the twocurved wings b, b, as shown in the accompanying drawings. The two endportions of the Wire are brought together at the center of the base ofthe shield, and are twisted around each other and carried transverselyacross the body portion of `the shield, and secured by twisting aroundupper arm c formed by the junction of the two wings. The end portionsofan elastic loop A are twisted in with the.two end portions of thewire, as shown, and in this manner the elastic is held securely withoutbeing` knotted, and without the aid of `any independent fastening deviceor means.

Attached to the elastic A is a wire buttonloop B which is preferably ofoval form,offset at g toreceivethe shank of the button, and formed withtwo small, nearly closed eyes h for engagement with the elastic in themanner shown.

By uniting and intertwisting `the end portions of the wire forming theshield in the manner specified,I not only provide a `con- Venient meansfor attaching the elastic A, but I also provide the shield with a bracewhich gives it the necessary rigidity.

The wire may be wound or covered, and the entire shieldmay be coveredwith any suitable fabric.

The general form of the shield may be varied to adapt it to differentshapes of ties, as

the dierent figures of the drawabout one-half the depth of the shield,then spreading said end portions and connecting them at different pointsto the opposite arm of the frame, a piece of elastic intertwisted withsaid end portions and thereby held without other fastening means, and ametallic loop `for thefneck button, said loop having eyes through whichsaid elastic passes, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC NOAR.

Witnesses:

VICTOR LEVI,

LOUIs BERJER.

